In a science popularization activity in Hong Kong on Friday, the young participants talked with the three astronauts currently working in the Tiangong space station, as well as space scientists in ... ( read original story ...)
How an Ontario hotel chain got dragged into a Hong Kong national security case
Chinese prosecutors are trying to turn a newspaper publisher’s family connections to Niagara-on-the-Lake boutique inns into an international conspiracy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Landlord Sees Robust Demand in Central’s Office Market
The biggest landlord in Hong Kong’s most expensive office market expects demand to withstand concerns about political clampdowns and pandemic setbacks. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media group Next Digital says it aims to wind down, board quits
Hong Kong media group Next Digital Ltd (0282.HK) announced on Sunday that it aimed to go into liquidation and its board of directors had resigned to facilitate the process. ( read original story ...)
‘Kingmakers’ no more: Hong Kong tycoons’ influence curbed as ‘no more than 2’ family members can join Election Committee
Insiders reveal behind-the-scenes move as Beijing seeks more ‘balanced participation’ in polls for greatly empowered body. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: migrant workers’ groups, domestic helper agencies urge Hong Kong government to reconsider policy on quarantine hotels
Groups say there is no scientific basis for making domestic helpers quarantine separately from other travellers. ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai’s Media Company Moves to Close Down
Next Digital, which has published criticism of China for decades, said a crackdown had left it with no way to operate. Its main newspaper, Apple Daily, closed in June. ( read original story ...)
Group behind Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil denies foreign ties
The group behind the annual Tiananmen Square memorial vigil in Hong Kong said Sunday it will not cooperate with police conducting a national security investigation into the group's activities, calling ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s data centre providers eye regional expansion to meet surging demand as coronavirus drives internet use
The total gross floor area of Hong Kong’s data centres is expected to expand by 30 per cent by 2025, according to Cushman and Wakefield, as Covid-19 changes people’s consumption habits. ( read original story ...)
National security law: Hong Kong group behind annual Tiananmen Square vigil will not comply with police information request
Force ‘setting a very bad precedent’ in failing to provide rationale for the request, relying on ‘foreign agent’ suspicion, vice-chairwoman says. ( read original story ...)
Ignore the bigotry, the 2022 Gay Games will be a tonic for Hong Kong
Hong Kong, a cosmopolitan metropolis with a diverse population, has long touted itself as “Asia’s World City” – a global hub for commerce, fashion, gastronomy and art. In 2017, it was announced as ... ( read original story ...)
China to issue billions in sovereign bonds in Hong Kong
China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) plans to issue sovereign bonds totaling 20 billion yuan (3.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region this year. The MOF will issue the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s September home sales head for a record as buyers snap up most of 588 flats offered at three projects
Hong Kong's homebuyers returned to the city's largest weekend property sales in almost a year, snapping up almost 80 per cent of the flats on offer, as sentiments were lifted by an improving economy ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: stringent measures protecting Hong Kong from possible Mu variant risk, says health minister
Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan questioned as to why public wasn’t alerted to risk of new strain sooner; city logs 1 imported case. ( read original story ...)